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Me too. Thanks, Tom luca

You can add to these an excellent trio CD by Italian pianist Guido Manusardi, "Live at the Jazz Spot" (Splasch 821-2), with Billy on drums and Trevor Ware on bass, recorded in Hollywood on July 15, 2000. One of Billy's last recordings, and a very nice one. luca

It came out on ENJA in the first place. I have the LP, bought just then Great date, one of Tolliver's best, imho. luca

I have the Locke CD. It's a nice tribute to Milt Jackson, well played by Locke and some of Bags' old band members (LeDonne, Cranshaw, Roker). It's a live (and solid) set, recorded in 2005 at Ronnie Scott's. Nothing more, nothing less. (On the cover, Locke looks incredibly like Stan Kenton ) luca

They only say A&M SP 4161, so it must be "Brer Soul". luca

It's quite interesting, definitely original. The CD liner notes also say the the Composers Workshop Ensemble is the backup band on a Melvin Van Peebles record on A&M. luca

Reissued on CD in 1995 by Claves Jazz (it's a double CD that includes two other LPs by the Composers' Ensemble, "We've Been Around" (Strata-East, recorded in 1973) and "Cricket Song - Poem" (Miff Music Company, 1977-1982). luca

From the Emanem home page: ROSWELL RUDD BLOWN BONE EMANEM 4131 ROSWELL RUDD trombone, misc perc ENRICO RAVA trumpet STEVE LACY soprano saxophone, misc perc WILBUR LITTLE double bass PAUL MOTIAN drum set SHEILA JORDAN voice [on 2 & 3] 1 - IT'S HAPPENING - 10:59 2 - BLUES FOR THE PLANET EARTH - 3:57 3 - YOU BLEW IT - 5:35 Analogue studio recordings made in New York City by Eddie Korvin - 1976 March 28 ROSWELL RUDD piano ROBIN KENYATTA alto saxophone KARL BERGER vibraphone LEWIS WORRELL double bass RICHARD YOUNGSTEIN double bass HORACE ARNOLD drum set 4 - LONG HOPE - 4:27 Analogue studio recording made in New York City - 1967 September ROSWELL RUDD trombone, mbira, sanza, misc perc KENNY DAVERN clarinet, soprano saxophone STEVE LACY soprano saxophone, misc perc TYRONE WASHINGTON tenor saxophone PATTI BOWN electric piano WILBUR LITTLE double bass PAUL MOTIAN drum set LOUISIANA RED electric guitar & voice [on 6] JORDAN STECKEL bata drum [on 8] 5 - BLOWN BONE - 3:32 6 - CEMENT BLUES - 8:55 7 - STREET WALKING - 2:21 8 - BETHESDA FOUNTAIN - 11:08 Analogue studio recordings made in New York City by Eddie Korvin - 1976 March 27 Total time 51:15 All except 4 originally issued in 1979 as Philips RJ-7490 4 previously unissued Excerpts from sleeve notes: Eddie Korvin's Blue Rock Studio on Greene Street in Soho was a great place to record because it was so comfortable for musicians. Eddie was relaxed, there was a room upstairs for privacy, and the studio felt more like a living room. Eddie's studio and the players on this album just happened to be available on these two days March 27th and 28th, 1976 in NYC - Steve Lacy and Enrico Rava, both living in Europe but passing through NY at this time. The chances of getting all these people together at one time would be one in a million and this was that time. They were all in my life at the time - Steve Lacy, Kenny Davern, and Sheila Jordan going back to the late 1950's and early 1960's; Patti Bown, Paul Motian, and Enrico Rava from the 1970's; Wilbur Little, Tyrone Washington, Louisiana Red and Jordan Steckel from the time of the recording. The continuity that I had with Steve Lacy until his passing in 2004 and still have with Sheila Jordan, Enrico Rava, and Kenny Davern is very emotional for me. BLOWN BONE was the name of a jazz suite conceived in the late '60's but not recorded until 1976. The personnel were exactly right and they all just happened to be at the same place ten years after I wrote it. BLOWN BONE is about New York City and the beauty, the energy, and the struggle. BLOWN BONE, CEMENT BLUES, STREET WALKING and BETHESDA FOUNTAIN was the conceived order of the suite. IT'S HAPPENING is the first movement of a later jazz suite, HEARTBREAK AND REFORMULATION written around 1974, dedicated to Albert Ayler. BLUES FOR THE PLANET EARTH and YOU BLEW IT were originally conceived for symphonic wind band (and performed at the Peace Church in Greenwich Village in 1968) as my reaction to garbage scows polluting New York Harbor. If that desecration provoked such anxiety in me at that time you can imagine my anxiety now! Sheila took out the 'S' and 'F' words and improved on the lyric as she has always done on my music. Of course the version here with a sextet is scaled way down from the originally conceived version. The important part for me was always the programmatic message of the earth calling out to human beings to alert them to the impending crises. I've recently listened to the original vinyl recording, which was released only in Japan in 1979. I still have the same feeling - that the players and the music converged in a way that made it noumenal. To separate the two 1976 sessions, the previously unissued 1967 recording of LONG HOPE has been inserted. This was the prologue to my first jazz opera: THE GOLD RUSH. The lyrics are shown on a screen while the band plays and a Native American Chief smokes a peace pipe and gestures: 'People, we were put here on Earth to take care of each other........' ROSWELL RUDD (2006) Roswell Rudd and Steve Lacy were reunited in 1976 following the original issue of the 1963 SCHOOL DAYS on Emanem (now on Hatology). Lacy's first visit to America in several years began with his recording TRICKLES (on Black Saint) with Rudd, Kent Carter & Beaver Harris, and ended with Rudd's BLOWN BONE. In between, Lacy played several solo concerts in various cities, including New York on March (not May) 16 (SNIPS on Jazz Magnet) and Montreal on March 24 (HOOKY). Most of the musicians on these 1976 sessions are well known in jazz circles, so it perhaps only necessary to comment on those who are not. Patti Bown first appeared on record with Dinah Washington in 1957, and went on to record with Quincy Jones, Oscar Brown Jr, Gene Ammons, Etta Jones and others, as well as making her own trio date. Tyrone Washington's recording debut was with Horace Silver in 1966. He went on to record with several others, and led four dates of his own. BLOWN BONE appears to have been the last appearance on record for both of the above. (It also appears to have been the last date in the USA for Wilbur Little and Louisiana Red who both migrated to Europe.) Jordan Steckel is primarily a sculptor, who builds his own drums among other things. BETHESDA FOUNTAIN is his only recording. All the musicians play well on these sessions, but it is perhaps the composing and arranging skills of Roswell Rudd that make such an unlikely line-up work so beautifully together. MARTIN DAVIDSON (2006)

Ah, I thought I had some of this guy in my collection. But it's mostly with Erskine Hawkins' Orchestra. And this is from one of the few honkers and screamers compiltions I haven't got. Something to rectify. Is this still available, I wonder. MG Don't know about this Charly Cd (it's quite old), but there's a Blue Moon Cd that has most of those tracks (and more). luca

Here's the answers for BFT 40, disc two. My comments, later in the weekend (as well as the cover images). Luca __________________ 1. Enrico Intra, Tribute to Parker (Intra), from Blues, Dire/Sony 480253-2. Paolo Fresu, trumpet; Gianluigi Trovesi, alto sax; Enrico Intra, piano, keyboards; Marco Vaggi, acoustic bass; Paolo Pellegatti, drums. Recorded 1993. 2. Massimo Urbani, Star Eyes (Raye-DePaul), from Easy to Love, Red 208. Massimo Urbani, alto sax; Luca Flores, piano; Furio Di Castri, acoustic bass; Roberto Gatto, drums. Recorded January 18, 1987. 3. Leucasia, Le Tre Sorelle (traditional-Mainieri), from Leucasia, NYC 6036. George Garzone, tenor sax; Mike Mainieri, vibes; Marco Omicini, keyboards; Stefano Micarelli, guitar; Pino Sallusti, acoustic bass; Marco Ariano, drums; Iginio De Luca, percussion; Barbara Eramo, Umberto Papadia, vocals. Recorded 2003. 4. Sir Charles Thompson, Nobility Bebop (Thompson), from The Roots of Modern Jazz, Boplicity CDBOPD017. Sir Charles Thompson, piano; John Simmons or Al Lucas, bass; Shadow Wilson, drums. Recorded May 1948. 5. Lee Konitz, Riffin’ (Konitz), from Self Portrait, Philology W121.2. Lee Konitz, alto sax. Recorded February 9, 1997. 6. John Tchicai & Misha Mengelberg, Cannonball Blues (Jelly Roll Morton), from Grandpa’s Spells, Storyville STCD 4182. John Tchicai, tenor sax; Misha Mengelberg, piano; Peter Danstrup, bass; Gilbert Matthews, drums. Recorded March 28-29, 1992. 7. Smiley Winters, Praying with "Smiles" (Warren Gale), from The Smiley Winters Memorial Quartet, FMO005. Warren Gale, flute; Bert Wilson, alto and tenor sax; Gary Todd, acoustic bass; Smiley Winters, drums. Recorded circa 1971. 8. New York Unit, Misako and Beautiful Shores (Richard Davis), from Blue Bossa, King KICJ55. George Adams, tenor sax; John Hicks, piano; Richard Davis, acoustic bass; Tatsuya Nakamura, drums. Recorded December 16, 1990. 9. Tony Kofi, As We Speak (Kofi), from Future Passed, Specific SPEC004. Tony Kofi, alto sax; Anders Olinder, organ; Cameron Pierre, guitar; Robert Fordjour, drums. Recorded January 2005. 10. Vittorio Alinari, Trigonometry (Ornette Coleman), from Live at "Le Maschere", MIN 30001. Vittorio Alinari, tenor sax; Ares Tavolazzi, acoustic bass; Andrea Roventini, drums. Recorded December 15, 2004. 11. Mirko Guerrini, Blu (Guerrini), from I Diavoli del Ritmo, Philology W218.2. Mirko Guerrini, tenor sax; Stefano Bollani, piano; Raffaello Pareti, acoustic bass; Walter Paoli, drums. Recorded 2001. 12. Zentralquartett, Kommt, ihr G’spielen (traditional), from 11 Songs – Aus Teutschen Landen, Intakt CD 113. Conrad Bauer, trombone; Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, alto sax; Ulrich Gumpert, piano, arranger; Günter Sommer, drums. Recorded April 22-23, 2005. 13. Buddy Tate, Goduka Mfundi (Going Home) (Abdullah Ibrahim), from Buddy Tate Meets Abdullah Ibrahim, Chiaroscuro CR(D) 165. Buddy Tate, tenor sax; Cecil McBee, acoustic bass; Roy Brooks, drums. Recorded August 25, 1977. 14. Pietro Tonolo, West Indian Pancake (Duke Ellington), from Slowly, Splasc(h) CDH 324. Roberto Rossi, trombone; Pietro Tonolo, tenor sax; Piero Leveratto, acoustic bass; Alfred Kramer, drums. Recorded May 25-26, 1990. 15. The Microscopic Septet, Lobster in the Limelight (Joel Forrester), from Beauty Based on Science, Stash ST-CD8. Phillip Johnston, soprano sax; Don Davis, alto sax; Paul Shapiro, tenor sax; Dave Sewelson, baritone sax; Joel Forrester, piano, arranger; David Hofstra, acoustic bass; Richard Dworkin, drums. Recorded February 26-27, 1988.

Here's the answers for BFT 40, Disc One. My comments will follow later in the weekend (with all the cover images, I hope). Luca _____________ 1. Paul Shapiro, Light Rolls the Darkness (traditional), from It’s in the Twilight, Tzadik TZ8107. Steven Bernstein, trumpet; Paul Shapiro (solo), Peter Apfelbaum, tenor sax; Brian Mitchell, piano; Booker King, acoustic bass; Tony Lewis, drums. Recorded November 15, 2005. 2. Bob Wilber, Bean N’ Soul (Wilber), from Bean: Bob Wilber’s Tribute to Coleman Hawkins, Arbors ARCD19144. Bob Wilber, Harry Allen, Tommy Whittle, Antti Sarpila, tenor sax (in this order); Mick Pyne, piano; Dave Cliff, guitar; Dave Green, acoustic bass; Clark Tracey, drums. Recorded October 10, 1994. 3. Jimmy Gourley & Barney Wilen, Blue Lester (Lester Young), from Double Action, Elabeth ELA621032. Barney Wilen, tenor sax; Jimmy Gourley, guitar; Dominique Lemerle, acoustic bass, Philippe Combelle, drums. Recorded December 23, 1987. 4. Defunkt, Big Bird (Au Privave) (Charlie Parker), from Avoid the Funk…, Hannibal HNCD1320. John Mulkerin, trumpet; Joseph Bowie, trombone, voice; Kelvyn Bell, guitar (solo), voice; Richard Martin, guitar; Kim Annette Clarke, electric bass; Kenny Martin, drums. Recorded live, 1983. 5. Renato Geremia, Tip Tap (Geremia), from Il Polistrumentismo nel Jazz, Musica Jazz MJCD1152. Renato Geremia, clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, violin, piano. Recorded February 22, 2001. 6. Bruna Leni, Prugne e zucchero (Sugar Plum) (Kahn-Johnson), from Swing all’italiana, Fonit Cetra CDFO3639. Bruna Leni (voc.), others unknown (maybe Gorni Kramer, accordion). Recorded 1933. 7. Stan Kenton, Reuben’s Blues (Gene Roland), from Adventures in Blues, Capitol 520089. The Stan Kenton Orchestra, Gene Roland (soprano sax, arranger). Recorded December 7, 1960. 8. Claude Williams & Jay McShann, San Antonio Rose (Bob Wills), from Eastwood After Hours: Live at Carnegie Hall, Malpaso/Warner Bros 46546-2. Claude Williams, violin; Jay McShann, piano; Christian McBride, acoustic bass; Kenny Washington, drums. Recorded October 17, 1996. 9. Bill DeArango, What Is This Thing Called Speak Low (Porter/Weill-Nash), from Anything Went, GM3027. Joe Lovano, tenor sax; Bill DeArango, guitar; Ed Schuller, acoustic bass, George Schuller, drums. Recorded April 1-2, 1993. 10. Julian Dash, Zero (Dash-Lowe), from Saxomania: Honkers and Screamers, Charly CPCD8163. Julian Dash, tenor sax; Ray Tunia, piano; Jimmy Oliver, guitar; Lee Stanfield, acoustic bass; Bill English, drums. Recorded June 22, 1955. 11. Aurora, ‘Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk), from Aurora, Denon CY-73148. Marty Krystall, bass clarinet; Buell Neidlinger, acoustic bass, Peter Erskine, drums. Recorded November 14-15, 1988. 12. Johnny "Hammond" Smith, Cleopatra and the African Knight (Smith), from The Stinger, Prestige 7408 (LP), or Good ‘Nuff, Prestige PRCD 24282. Houston Person, Earl Edwards, tenor sax; Johnny "Hammond" Smith, organ; Floyd Smith, guitar, John Harris, drums. Recorded May 7, 1965. 13. Duck Baker, Portrait of Ucha (Herbie Nichols), from Spinning Song, Avant AVAN040. Duck Baker, acoustic guitar. Recorded 1995-96. 14. Rolf Kuhn, The Vertical Circle (Ornette Coleman), from Affairs, Intuition INT3211. Rolf Kuhn, clarinet; Ornette Coleman, alto sax. Recorded January 1997. 15. Claudio Cojaniz, Siesta (Marcus Miller), from Hasta Siempre, C.M.C. 9940. Claudio Cojaniz, piano; Giovanni Maier, acoustic bass; U.T. Gandhi, drums. Recorded September 1993. 16. Franco Mondini, Pentup House (Sonny Rollins), from Jazz in Italy n°5, Cetra EPD 41 (EP), or Jazz in Italy, Volume 1 (CD), Fonit Cetra CDM5001. Phil Woods, alto sax; Maurizio Lama, piano; Buddy Catlett, acoustic bass; Franco Mondini, drums. Recorded May 16, 1960. 17. Mirko Guerrini, On the “Scratchy” Side of the Street (Guerrini), from I Diavoli del Ritmo, Philology W218.2. Mirko Guerrini, tenor sax; Stefano Bollani, piano; Raffaello Pareti, acoustic bass; Walter Paoli, drums. Recorded 2001.

If it's OK with everyone, I plan to post the answers to BFT 40 on this weekend. luca

Well, it's the same feeling I had yesterday while listening to a new Sun Ra live cd on Leo, where the Arkestra plays one of its many versions of Fletcher/Horace Henderson's "Big John Special" duplicating the original solos... luca

Oscar Valdambrini was born in Torino in 1924. He started as a violinist at the local conservatory, where in 1941 he got his diploma. In 1936 he had started to study trumpet as well, and in 1948 he decided to become a professional jazz musician, after a jam session with Rex Stewart. In 1955 he founded the Basso-Valdambrini Quintet (then Sextet), one of the most famous groups in the history of Italian jazz, a band that lasted well into the Eighties. He played and recorded with many American musicians: Lionel Hampton, Chet Baker, Lars Gullin, Buddy Collette, Helen Merrill, Duke Ellington, Maynard Ferguson. In the Sixties and the Seventies he became a member of the RAI Orchestra, which used to give radio concerts with guest stars such Frank Rosolino, Conte Candoli, Freddie Hubbard, Tony Scott and many others. He died in Rome in 1997. A quiet, reserved man, Valdambrini was one of the founding fathers of modern Italian jazz. Here at Musica Jazz we have hundreds of photos of him (there's a nice one with Dexter Gordon, which I will post in the next days), and here you'll find a pic of his stay in Duke's trumpet section: http://www.jazzitalia.net/quellaseracon/valdambrini.asp luca

The bandleader is the guitar player. He was 72 then . Now he's dead.

I know what you mean

For what it's worth, Tommy Whittle was born in 1926, so he's older than Wilber. luca

I knew you were going to get this at once... It's a perfect track for a BFT, don't you think?

Well, let's say it's a case of mixed bags It's not Humair. The bandleader is much older... luca

Absolutely! I have both - Lp and Cd - but there's no question about it. Cd has an awful sound.

Yes, it is "Blue Lester", but no retro-pre bop players here.

I think that's exactly how it went...

Well, I think it's a very good Cd. And Ornette is not exactly a common guest on other people's records...

Thanks for joining the party, Jim. It's a great pleasure . Your reaction to track 5 is exactly what I was looking for when I decided to select this performance.

Well, it's almost impossible to get (do you feel better now? )